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Senate Journal No. 70 - 23 November 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 TAXATION—PROPOSED MINING TAX—PROPOSED SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS
- 4 PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE AMENDMENT (PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICER) BILL 2011
- 5 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 6 QUESTIONS
- 7 QUESTION ON NOTICE—ANSWER AND EXPLANATION
- 8 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 9 PRIVILEGES—STANDING COMMITTEE—STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 10 NOTICES
- 11 POSTPONEMENTS
- 12 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 13 COMMUNICATIONS—SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE
- 14 SPORT—NETBALL—AUSTRALIAN DIAMONDS
- 15 CRIMES AMENDMENT (FAIRNESS FOR MINORS) BILL 2011
- 16 IMMIGRATION—REFUGEE COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA—ANNIVERSARY
- 17 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 18 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—INDIA—SALE OF URANIUM
- 19 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE—PROPOSED SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS
- 20 TAXATION—CARBON TAX—EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME—MODELLING—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 21 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—POLAND
- 22 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—ANZUS TREATY
- 23 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS
- 24 EDUCATION—PUBLIC FUNDING
- 25 TRADE—TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
- 26 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO REPORT
- 27 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 28 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—14TH REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 14 OF 2011 AND INTERIM REPORT ON THE FUTURE DIRECTION AND ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE
- 29 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REPORT—COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS' AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS' CAPACITIES IN EMERGENCIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS
- 30 FIRST SPEECH
- 31 RURAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REPORT—LIVE EXPORT TRADE AND THE LIVE ANIMAL EXPORT (SLAUGHTER) PROHIBITION BILL 2011 [NO. 2] AND LIVE ANIMAL EXPORT RESTRICTION AND PROHIBITION BILL 2011 [NO. 2]
- 32 PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE AMENDMENT (PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICER) BILL 2011
- 33 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2011E TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2011 MEASURES NO. 8) BILL 2011E NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (EXCISE) LEVY AMENDMENT (DEER) BILL 2011E INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2011E DEFENCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 34 ADJOURNMENT
- 35 ATTENDANCE
TRADE—TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP FREE TRADE AGREEMENTSenator Milne, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 576—That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the announcement by the Prime Minister (Ms Gillard) of Australia's in-principle agreement to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, (ii) the Productivity Commission report noting the failure of free trade agreements to live up to the benefits claimed by successive governments, (iii) the Government's failure to release for public scrutiny the draft text of the agreement under negotiation, (iv) calls by 25 community groups ranging from pensioner groups to the Australian Council of Trade Unions to have the draft text released, (v) the bids by American pharmaceutical companies to use the agreement to delay the release of generic drugs and to undermine the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, (vi) the failure of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to identify significant benefits to Australian primary producers, (vii) the reported failure of the agreement to include minimum standards for labour or environmental protection, (viii) the concern about reported changed rules for local content in Australian film and television, and (ix) the reported proposed changes to government procurement rules and reported inclusion of an investor-state dispute process; and (b) calls on the Government to immediately release the draft text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES,11
NOES, 35
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